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Book revisits life of Rani Laxmibai's lawyer John Lang

John Lang, the Australian writer-lawyer settled in India in the 19th century who fought
many cases against the British and also represented Rani Laxmibai in her legal battle
against the annexation of her kingdom of Jhansi by the East India Company. "John Lang:
Wanderer of Hindoostan, Slanderer of Hindoostanee, Lawyer for the Ranee" by Amiit
Ranjan is about Lang's life.

Sudha Murty's new book 'The Sage with Two Horns'

One of India's favourite authors Sudha Murty has a Diwali gift for children ' her latest
book 'The Sage with Two Horns' in which she tells numerous lesser-known and
fascinating stories that have been lost in the pages of Indian mythology. This is the fifth
and last book of her 'Unusual Tales from mythology' series featuring kings and queens,
gods and goddesses, sages, etc.

"Nehru: The Debates that Defined India" by Tripurdaman Singh and Adeel Hussain
"Nehru: The Debates that Defined India" is co-authored by Tripurdaman Singh and
Adeel Hussain. A new book serves as a revisionist exploration of India's first and longest-
serving prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and investigates the overlooked role of his
contemporaries and opponents in shaping his political vision.

Gopi Chand launches his autobiography

India's chief national badminton coach P. Gopi Chand formally launched his
autobiography Shuttler's Flick: Making every match count, co-authored by Priya Kumar.
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"Unshackling India: Hard Truths and Clear Choices for Economic Revival" by Ajay
Chhibber and Salman Anees Soz
The new book examines whether India can use the next 25 years, when it will reach the
hundredth year of independence, to not only restructure its economy but rejuvenate its
democratic energy and unshackle its potential to become a genuinely developed
economy by 2047.

Sunrise Over Ayodhya by Salman Khurshid

On 9 November 2019, the Supreme Court, in a unanimous verdict, cleared the way for
the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya. Through this book,
Salman Khurshid explores how the greatest opportunity that the judgment offers is a
reaffirmation of India as a secular society.

Smriti Irani turns author with debut novel 'Lal Salaam'

Union Minister Smriti Zubin Irani has turned author with her debut novel 'Lal Salaam".
The novel, inspired by the tragic killings of 76 CRPF personnel in Dantewada in April
2010, is a tribute to the exceptional men and women who have given a lifetime of service
to the country, especially in confronting the challenges in the red corridor. It will hit the
stands on Nov 29. Smriti Iran is the present Union Minister of Women and child
Development.

Abhijit Banerjee's - New book titled 'Cooking to Save your Life'

Economist Abhijit Banerjee explores the social dimension of food in his latest book
'Cooking to Save Your Life' with grocery runs, dinner parties and lemon dal.
The book, divided into segments'he calls them chapters'such as soups, vegetables,
meats and more. The book has illustrations by France-based Cheyenne Olivier and
published by Juggernaut Books.
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HarperCollins India presents RESOLVED: Uniting Nations in a Divided World by Ban Ki-
moon
HarperCollins is delighted to publish an extraordinary and inspirational life story, Ban
Ki-moon's personal account of his decade at the helm of the United Nations.
RESOLVED: Uniting Nations in a Divided World is Ban Ki-moon's personal account of
his decade at the helm of the organization during a period of historic turmoil and
promise. He was the eighth Secretary- General of the United Nations

The Custodian of Trust: A Banker's Memoir, Former SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar's
memoir
As the Chairman of SBI, Kumar recounts, his term was rather momentous as the period-
from 2017 to 2020-during which he shouldered this responsibility was rather unique
under any circumstances. The Custodian of Trust is a candid memoir by the former
Chairman of India's largest commercial bank. "The Custodian of Trust", published under
Penguin's 'Viking' imprint.

The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power book by Max Chafkin
In the first major biography of Thiel, Max Chafkin traces the trajectory of the innovator's
singular life and worldview, from his upbringing as the child of immigrant parents and
years at Stanford as a burgeoning conservative thought leader to his founding of PayPal
and Palantir, early investment in Facebook and SpaceX.

Defence Minister launched the book titled "Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have
Prevented Partition"
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched the book titled "Veer Savarkar: The Man Who
Could Have Prevented Partition" authored by Uday Mahurkar. Veteran journalist &
political analyst Uday Mahurkar along with co-author Chirayu Pandit in their book write
about the visionary that Savarkar was and how he had envisioned the national security
problems India is facing today.

The book, titled 'Writing for My Life: The Very Best of Ruskin' released
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A new anthology, "Writing for My Life", released brings together some of the most
exemplary stories, essays, poems and memories by celebrated award-winning author
Ruskin Bond. It is published by Penguin Random House India (PRHI).

Susanna Clarke wins Women's Prize for Fiction 2021

Author Susanna Clarke won the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021 for her novel
'Piranesi'.Novelist and Booker-winner Bernardine Evaristo chaired the Women's Prize
judging panel this year. 'Piranesi' is narrated by a man living in a labyrinthine, statue
filled house ' alone except for a visitor known as the Other ' that comprises his whole
universe. Susanna Clarke:English author known for her debut novel Jonathan Strange &
Mr. Norrell.

Indian-origin Mahmood Mamdani shortlisted for British Academy Book Prize

Mahmood Mamdani, the Mumbai-born Ugandan academic and writer, was shortlisted
for the 2021 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding.
He is among the four authors who have been selected for the GBP 25,000 non-fiction
prize. Mahmood Mamdani, 75, has been shortlisted for his book 'Neither Settler nor
Native: The Making & Unmaking of Permanent Minorities'.

Angelina Jolie Announces Her Book 'Know Your Rights And Claim Them: A Guide For
Youth'
Angelina Jolie recently announced that her upcoming book, Know Your Rights and
Claim Them: A Guide for Youth is all set to get published. She further added a note on
social media for all her fans explaining the importance of equal rights and announced
that she will soon be interacting with some young people, who have been fighting for
their rights for years.
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Jhumpa Lahiri's latest is a book on translation, will hit the shelves next spring
Jhumpa Lahiri, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer, will highlight her work as a
translator. Lahiri's 'Translating Myself and Others' will come out next spring.Lahiri has
lived off and on in Rome for nearly a decade, and her translation projects include 'The
Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories' and her novel 'Whereabouts', which she first
wrote in Italian. Her new book will feature essays on the meaning of translation.

Kaveree Bamzai's book 'The Three Khans: And the Emergence of New India
In her latest book, The Three Khans: And the Emergence of New India (Westland), senior
journalist Kaveree Bamzai has juxtaposed the careers of the 3 Khans, Aamir, Shah Rukh,
& Salman, with the most tumultuous times in the history of the republic. Art often
responds to social and political dimensions, & in a country short of role models, film stars
often play a double role.

BJP MP Subramanian Swamy's book :- 'Human Rights and Terrorism in India'

Subramanian Swamy has published his new book titled 'Human Rights and Terrorism in
India'. It states how to counter terrorism with appropriate sanctions in harmony with
the fundamental rights of citizens. He says that the gist of this study is that India should
promote recognition as a nation to stop terrorism. Book deals with the memories of the
famous Kandahar plane hijacking case of 1999.
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The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate with India by Vijay Gokhale
In this new book, 'The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate with India', former
foreign secretary of India, Vijay Gokhale, unpacks the dynamics of India-China relations
through the prism of six historical and recent events.
The book gives a practitioner's insight into strategies, tactics, and tools that China uses
for diplomatic negotiations. His 1st book - Tiananmen Square: The Making of a Protest
was published earlier this month.

The Fractured Himalaya: How the Past Shadows the Present in India-China Relations
forthcoming book, by Nirupama Rao
The book traces how the origins of the dispute between India and China form part of a
living history that shapes their fractious relationship today. Understanding this complex
panorama yields lessons for all of us who seek a wider perspective on China and its
profile in the Indo-Pacific. Nirupama Rao is a former Foreign Secretary.

Kathmandu Dilemma: Resetting India-Nepal Ties - book by former ambassador Ranjit

Rae
As Ranjit Rae, himself a former Indian Ambassador to Nepal, writes in his maiden book
Kathmandu Dilemma: Resetting India-Nepal Ties ' some of them behaved as 'viceroys'.
As Rae points out that the 'India-phobia' is bound to have serious implications with
China lifting its veil to woo Nepal and for any Indian diplomat, Nepal is one of the finest
assignments. Nepal was declared a 'Hindu State' only in 1962 by King Mahendra.

The Battle of Rezang La written by Kulpreet Yadav

A new book tells the story of 120 Indian soldiers who put up a valiant fight against the
5,000-strong Chinese military troops in the 1962 Indo-China war, preventing a possible
occupation of the entire Ladakh region. The Battle of Rezang La", published under
Penguin Random House''s ''Veer'' imprint, is written by exnaval officer and author
Kulpreet Yadav. Other works of Yadav:- Espionage, True Crime and Romance.
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The new book "Balakot Air Strike: How India Avenged Pulwama" offers insight into
2019 Balakot air strikes
A new book revisits the chain of real-life events surrounding February 2019 Pulwama
suicide bombing attack, and India's strong hit-back in the form of Balakot airstrikes
twelve days later. "Balakot Air Strike: How India Avenged Pulwama", published by
Garuda Prakashan, is written by Navy veteran Manan Bhatt. The book is a detailed
account of the two epochal events.

Book 'the Dream of Revolution: A Biography of Jayaprakash Narayan' to explore his

life and works
The book, 'The Dream of Revolution: A Biography of Jayaprakash Narayan', shares
anecdotes and never-before-told stories from the life of the man who was known for his
'emotional hunger for transformative politics, shunning power and incubating
revolutionary ideas’. The book is written by historian Bimal Prasad and author Sujata
Prasad and published by Penguin Publication.

'Mission Domination: An Unfinished Quest'- by Boria Majumdar & Kushan Sarkar

A new book titled 'Mission Domination: An Unfinished Quest' authored by Boria
Majumdar & Kushan Sarkar. It was revealed that Rohit Sharma wasn't happy after
World Cup 2019 despite his individual brilliance and the book was released recently.
The book recalled the moments after the World cup 2019 loss as well. It has been
published by Simon and Schuster Publisher India Private Limited.

Address Book- A Publishing Memoir in the time of COVID' by Ritu Menon

Author and publisher Ritu Menon's memoir talks about her time in lockdown.
Housebound, she goes through her address book looking for a name and number from a
long time ago. As she goes through the pages, she sees the people she's encountered in
35 years as a feminist publisher. It also dwells on the books she made, authors published,
issues raised, and more. She was the co-founder of Kali for Women, India's first feminist
press in 1983.
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'Home in the World': Amartya Sen's memoir to release in July

In his memoir, 'Home in the World', to be published by Penguin next month, Sen, who
won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998, brilliantly recreates the atmosphere in each
of these places he called home.
In one memorable chapter, Sen evokes 'the rivers of Bengal' along which he travelled
with his parents between Dhaka and their ancestral villages.

Pan Macmillan to publish Nathuram Godse's biography in 2022

A biography of Nathuram Godse, Mahatma Gandhi's infamous assassin, situates the
man and his most defining act in the larger context of modern Indian history and
contemporary society and politics. "Nathuram Godse: The True Story of Gandhi's
Assassin" by Mumbai-based journalist Dhaval Kulkarni will be published by Pan
Macmillan India in 2022.

'The Light of Asia': Jairam Ramesh's new book is a biography of an epic bio-poem on
the Buddha
Ramesh, author, Member of Parliament, former Union Minister, and Congress leader,
digs deep in his new book to bring out the fascinating story behind the epic 1879 poem,
"The Light of Asia" by Sir Edwin Arnold, that took the world by storm and in some ways,
brought the Buddha's story to the world at the turn of the last century.

Kavitha Rao comes out with her new Book 'Lady Doctors'
Author Kavitha Rao's new book titled Lady Doctors: The Untold Stories of India's First
Women in Medicine, will release on July 12, 2021. The book will be published by
Amazon-backed Westland Books. In the book, the author recovers the stories of India's
first women doctors, often ignored by history.
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Kareena Kapoor Khan introduces the 'Pregnancy Bible'

The actress shared a video on her Instagram handle in which she revealed that she has
been working on her book, titled 'Kareena Kapoor Khan's Pregnancy Bible.', co-
authored with Aditi Shah Bhimjyani. is vetted and approved by FOGSI, India's official
body of gynecologists and obstetricians.

PM Modi receives 1st copy of the book 'The Ramayana of Shri Guru Gobind Singh'
Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the first copy of "The Ramayana of
Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji" which is written by the late Baljit Kaur Tulsi'the mother of
noted lawyer KTS Tulsi. The book is published by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for
Arts. KTS Tulsi is the sitting Rajya Sabha MP of Congress from Chhattisgarh.

'A Kashmiri Century - Portrait Of A Society In Flux' by Khem Lata Wakhlu offers
glimpse into lives of Kashmiris
The book 'A Kashmiri Century ' Portrait Of A Society In Flux' offers a glimpse into the
lives of Kashmiris 'Hindus and Muslims alike ' and how their existence revolved around
the simple pleasures of life. The book, written by former cabinet minister Khem Lata
Wakhlu and published by Harper Collins India, released recently on 'Soft Cover'.

Former RBI governor Bimal Jalan writes a new book titled 'The India Story'
The book focuses on India's economic history and aims to provide lessons for the future
of India's political economy. Jalan traces India's economic policies from 1991 to 2019 to
offer insights on learning from the past, before moving 'Beyond the Metrics of Economy'
to talk about the role of governance in implementing these policies. Bimal Jalan also
authored the books 'India Then and Now', 'India Ahead'.

Sudhanshu Mittal''s book on RSS now in Chinese

BJP leader Sudhanshu Mittal''s book on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has
now been translated into Chinese language. "RSS: Building India Through SEWA", which
talks of RSS''s history, ideology and policies, and their subsequent impact on the nation,
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was brought out by Har-Anand Publications in 2019. The Chinese translation is by Jack
Bo.

Vice President Releases Book 'Palleku Pattabhishekam' On Rural India And

Agriculture
Releasing the book 'PallekuPattabhishekam' by former MP Shri Yalamanchili Sivaji at
Dr Marri Channa Reddy Human Resource Development Institute in Hyderabad, the
Vice President said that villages and agriculture are intrinsically connected and we must
address their issues holistically to bring 'Gram Swarajya' to our villages.

Former RBI Governor, Duvvuri Subbarao Unveils Dr. C K Garyali's Book 'Bank With A
Soul: Equitas'
Shri. Duvvuri Subbarao released Dr. C K Garyali's book, 'Bank with a Soul: Equitas'. Dr.
C K Garyali is a founder trustee of EDIT (Equitas Development Initiative Trust) and the
book chronicles the journey of Equitas and EDIT in transforming the lives of women with
frequent social reform initiatives helping them setup micro-enterprises.
CJI Ramana unveils Justice RV Raveendran's book, says it covers procedural and
substantive law, electoral reforms
Chief Justice of India Justice NV Ramana released former Supreme Court judge RV
Raveendran's book Anomalies in Law and Justice. The book is an attempt to explain to
the layman that the law and the legal system is still evolving and that it requires more
critical thinking to resolve issues which have persisted in the system for a long time.

Ashok Lavasa's new book - 'An Ordinary Life: Portrait of an Indian Generation'.
This book by Ashok Lavasa (Former Chief election Commission), appropriately titled An
Ordinary Life: Portrait of an Indian Generation elaborates on those times and people
through the life of its hero, Bauji, Ashok's father, who consistently struggled to benefit
from the rewards of hard work and honesty and found no reason whatsoever to follow
another path.
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Novelist Kunal Basu's 'In An Ideal World' to come out in 2022

Renowned novelist Kunal Basu's new work of fiction, In An Ideal World, will be released
next year. The book, scheduled to release under the publishing house's 'Viking' imprint,
is touted to be a 'powerful, gritty and fast-paced literary novel' exploring a variety of
themes relevant to the current times ' college, politics, family, crime investigation and
fanaticism. His other works:The Yellow Emperor's Cure,Kalkatta and Sarojini's Mother.
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